Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-12-22

was thoroughly familiar. "The women
will have it," he calculated somewhat
gruff1y," and the mar who would erect a
mill of the old style would be considered
iasane-and so he would be, If money
we're his object. But patent process
floor is not half as good as what we
ground through the old-fashioned buhrs
a few years ago. Flour was not so white
then, but it was rich in bone and muscle
producing ncurishment. Now it's most
ly starch. If it were not for what we eat
with 1t we would almost starve TO death
on it. But then, you sec, it makes such a
glorious white loaf. Years ago when we
were wiser, we baked bread for the stom-
aches of the people, now we display it In
tenn pting shape for the eye
the looks-the appearance, you know.
Bad; bad; but 1 don't see how we are to
help it,
The above is the substance of what
this miller told me, and in his words as
nearly as can recollect them; and pro-
ceeding from such a source they are
worthy of deep consideration. Years
ago I was a sufferer from Indigestion, and
in fact, had dyspepsia in a severe form.
[ ate the choicest food to be obtained, in
always been very fond, but all my efforts
in its behalf proved futile. About half
the time my meals pere promptly re-
turned, and those retained filled me with
aches and palms, and gave me the most
dismal ideas of humanity and the world
in general. Ny head ached, burned and
reeled, and every time I dared to wink a
select assortment of spots danced before
fbn fTs ~
all this time I was aggrayating my trou
bles with the elegancies of a we'll filed
table. Suddenly / began to think. When
human being takes such a step as this
something is sure to result. At first the
thought thai I was not physician stag
gered me; but I understood the first
principles of hygiene, and so far was the
equal of any physician. So I took a
look at the -four barrel, scratched my
chin softly, and ordered graham -four.
When it appeared upon the table in the
form of bread, the contrast with the
white loaf was positively frjghtful. But
I shut my eyes and tackled it. Never was
I more surprised. It did rot taste of the
black at all
My next step was to throw meat over
board. My friends, particularly those 1
"
me, and they looked dreadfully alarmed.
But turned a deaf ear to all advice and
stopped at once. 1t was harder work to
leave pie and cake, particularly pie. |
think quarter of juicy mince pie, hot
from the oven on a cold winters morning,
is something worth living for; but ban
ished it and all its relations forthwith.
also stopped eating preselv YES and cheese;
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have killed me to have given that up.
ate milk, and potatoes, and other vegeta-
bles in moderate quantities. In addition
to this abrupt change of diet I drank a
pint of hot water an hour before each
meal, and also just before retiring. The
result was simply wonderful. | did not
gain in flesh, for I come of lean, lank
stock which no amount of eating can
round out into plum pness, but began to
| laugh now and then; to say "good morn
ing" with something of hearty ring in
| the tones of my voice, and to go about
my daily vacations with no warming OF
my stomach that the various viands had
swallowed were in hand to- hand combat
Weeks and months rolled away and my
f7dyspe psia was thing of the past.
| have never had it since. I rarely eat
meat, and myself and family (there are
six of us) use graham -four exclusively
with the addition of good yellow corn
meal. Oatmeal ground to -four is another
favorite food, and MY children have been
reared from infancy on it. We are never
sick. Neither do We expect to be. II
God has declared that He helps the man
who helps himself, he certainly takes par
ticular care of the individual who eats
plain food, breaths pure air, takes moder
ate exercise, and battles at least once &
week. I perused a dainty receipt in 6
| popular cook book not long since. 1t was
called s'Angel's Food" 1t was a wonder
full compound of eggs, spices, and grease
and would, possibly, fill the boarding
| school miss with visions of delight; but ]
very much fear the average angel would
pass it by with averted gaze, dropping
perchance, tear at the presum ption oi
| that foe to progress, good health and uni
| versal civillzation-th modern cook.